English Should Be Written Using Runes.
use
consonants:
|
symbol |
name |
ancient pronunciation |
pronunciation |
variations |
notes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ᚠ |
feel |
/f/ |
+macron /v/ |
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ᚦ |
thorn |
/θ/ |
+macron /ð/ |
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ᚱ |
ride |
/r/ |
/R/ |
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ᚳ |
can |
/k/, /tʃ/ |
/k/ |
+caron /tʃ/ |
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|
ᚷ |
gift |
/g/, /j/ |
/g/ |
+caron /dʒ/ |
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ᚹ |
win |
/w/ |
hail win /ʍ/ in dialects with it |
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ᚻ |
hail |
/h/ |
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ᚾ |
need |
/n/ |
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ᛡ |
year |
/j/ |
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ᛇ |
yew |
/i/, /x/ |
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ᛈ |
play |
/p/ |
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ᛉ |
axe |
(/ks/) |
/z/ start, /ks/ middle or end |
included to be consistent with greek xi |
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|
ᛋ |
sun |
/s/ |
+macron /z/; +caron /ʃ/; +both /ʒ/ |
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ᛏ |
tree |
/t/ |
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ᛒ |
birch |
/b/ |
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ᛗ |
man |
/m/ |
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ᛚ |
loss |
/l/ |
so that w & l are win & loss |
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|
ᛝ |
angle |
/ŋ/ |
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ᛞ |
day |
/d/ |
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‘ |
uh-oh |
/ʔ/ |
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vowels:
|
letter |
name |
short |
long (double) |
ancient pronunciation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
ᚢ |
up |
/ə/, /ʌ/ |
/u/ |
/u/ |
|
ᚩ |
on |
/ɒ/, /ɔ/, /ɑ/ |
/oʊ/ |
/o/ |
|
ᛁ |
ice |
/ɪ/ |
/aɪ/ |
/i/ |
|
ᛖ |
egg |
/ɛ/ |
/i/ |
/e/ |
|
ᛟ |
ethel |
N/A |
/ø/ |
|
|
ᚪ |
other on |
(/ɔː/) |
N/A |
/a/ |
|
ᚫ |
ash |
/æ/ |
/eɪ/ |
/æ/ |
|
ᛠ |
earth |
N/A |
/æɑ/ |
|
|
ᚣ |
dotted up |
/ʊ/ |
N/A |
/y/ |
/aʊ/ & /ɔɪ/ are represented with digraphs
also use acute for stress when not on the first syllable
and diaereses are used to split triple same letters
alphabet
feel, up, thorn, on, ride, can, gift, win, hail, need, ice, year, yew, play, axe, sun, tree, birch, egg, man, loss, angle, ethel, day, uh-oh, (other on), ash, earth, dotted up
examples
light -> ᛚᛁᛁᛏ
lit -> ᛚᛁᛏ
lie -> ᛚᛁᛁ
lying -> ᛚᛁᛁᛁ̈ᛝ
live -> ᛚᛁᚠ̄
lives (verb) -> ᛚᛁᚠ̄ᛋ̄
living -> ᛚᛁᚠ̄ᛁᛝ
life -> ᛚᛁᛁᚠ
lives (pl. noun) -> ᛚᛁᛁᚠ̄ᛋ̄
[to] read -> ᚱᛖᛖᛞ
[past tense] read -> ᚱᛖᛞ
red -> ᚱᛖᛞ
school -> ᛋᚳᚢᚢᛚ
Gaea -> ᚷᛁᛁᚩ
what -> ᚹᚢᛏ (my dialect)
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“what” in runes |
strut |
cloth |
|
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whine-wine |
yes |
ᚹᚢᛏ |
ᚹᚩᛏ |
|
no |
ᚻᚹᚢᛏ |
ᚻᚹᚩᛏ |
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argument
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Dearest creature in Creation, studying English pronunciation…
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Weird ⟨gh⟩ “rules”
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Sc[h]ool, no need to show the original greek origin of a word that came from old english
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Good for borrowing, loans can keep their original pronunciation (Gaea /ˈdʒi.ə/ from ancient Greek Γαῖα /ɡâi̯.a/ but ᚷᛁᛁᚩ /ˈgɑj.ɑ/)
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Have you heard of the reading wars? It takes so long to teach kids to read even with the optimal phonics system, that a nonsensical system spread so quickly that literacy rates literally plummeted
Pinyin for runes (Lu’enyin)
note: this dpoes not support the tones, as they are the same
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